Window-screen.



E. G. SCHENK.

WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION man s PT.1.19|4.

` Patented June 2 2, 1915.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. 22, llgll5.

Afpbiicaaon mea september 1, 1914. serial No. 859,636.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD G. SCHENK, acitizen of thefUnited States, residing at Louisville, inthe county ofJefferson and State `of lKentucky, have invented certain new and `usefulImprovements in lVindow- Screens-Lof which lthe following is aspeciication." z' l, l

This vinvention relates to window screens whichrarvejc'iarried by aspring roller; and the invention has for its object to provide asimple-and cheap screen of this kind, togetherlwli'th novel and improvedmeans for guiding the same and holding it against being{1,isi11faltsed-` Inx'odeiithat .the invention may be betterunder'stolr, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure"f1is-5gan elevation of the screen, with partsbroken away and-insection; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,Fig.-3 is-a cross section on the line 3*?) of Fig. 2,.and Fig. 4 is avertical section ofi-,a modification showing a combined shade landscreen.V

Reerring'specically to the drawing, 5 denotes the jambsrof a windowframe. The screen is shown at 6, the same being carried by an ordinaryspring roller 7 mounted at the head ofthe window frame. To the lower endofthe-,screen 6 is secured a ri id rod 8v Awhich yextends yentirelyacross t e screen and carries anti-friction rollers 9 at its ends, saidrollers working in guide channels 10 mounted in the inner edges of thejambs 5.

In order to prevent the wind from disarranging the screen 6, strips ofcloth are stitched or otherwise secured to one side of the screen atvseveral points, in such a manner as to form pockets 11 to receive rigidcross bars 12 of wood or metal, said cross bars being long enough toproject at their ends into the channels 10. The cross bars impartsuici'ent rigidity to the screen to permit the use of ordinary mosquitonetting or similar cheap screenabric, in view of which the screen canbefeasily'and cheaply made. This material.alsoallows the screen to bereadily wound -onf-the spring roller 7. The cross bars are removablefrom the pockets in order that thegscreen' may be taken down andwashed.' ,y 1:11

In another form, this invention appears in a flexible screen 13attached'to the bottom of an ordinary spring-wound lwindow shade 14,running in the channels. l() on the window jambs, the flexible screen`folding itself at the bottom of window,` when shade is pulled down. Atthe bottom of the shade is a rigid cross bar 15 extending at its `endsinto the channels, to which cross bar the screen is attached.

I claim: V

1. The combination with the jambs of a window frame the inner edgesof'which have guide channels; of a rolling screen composed of a flexiblefabric having transverse pockets, and rigid cross bars removably mountedin said pockets and projecting. at A,their ends into the aforesaid guidechannels.l

2. The combination of the jambs of a window frame, with a shade wound upon a spring roller, and having a rigid cross bar at the bottom, channelsin said window jambs for guiding said shade and cross bar, a flexiblescreen attached to said cross bar, and having its edge extending intosaid channels on either side, and pockets in said screen at intervalsfor holding additional cross bars running in said channels to hold thesaid screen in position in said channels of said window jambs.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.A

EDWARD G. SCHENK.

l Witnesses:

